Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Reading Journal due by the end of the week
Week of May 1st
Monday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Week of April 24th
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Introduction to The Red Badge ofCourage Project
Tuesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Week of April 17th
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday
Revisionist History - Episode Six
Thursday
Workshop Episode Six - Revisionist History
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 10th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop Essay - Of Mice and Men
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Seven vocabulary - Due April 24th
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of April 3rd
Monday - Tuesday
Finish Comic Strip - Act V
Essay Response - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Friday
Art of the film - Of Mice and Men
Week of March 27th
Monday - Thursday
Finish class reading A Midsummer Night's Dream
When we are finished, students will respond to an essay prompt.
Friday
PSSA Assembly
Week of March 20th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary due
Review A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Week of March 13th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary - Due Next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read play as a class.
At the end of each Act, students will be given a prompt for a two page essay.
Week of March 6th
Monday
Novel Argument Due
Unit Five Vocabulary Due and Review
Tuesday
Unit Five Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will listen to an episode of Revisionist History
Students will write a paper discussing the podcast
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 27th
Monday
Ten Page Draft - Novel Argument Due
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review/Final revision - Novel Argument - Due Monday
Week of February 20th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Workshop Novel Argument
Rough Draft due on Monday
Week of February 13th
Monday - Thursday
Workshop Novel Argument
First Five Pages due on Thursday
Friday
No School
Week of February 6th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Argument
Six sources and notes due on Wednesday
Introduction due on Friday
Week of January 30th
Monday
Presentation of Short Story Fair Project
Tuesday - Friday
Introduction to Novel Argument
Research for Novel Argument Paper
Week of January 23rd
Monday - Friday
Introduce Short Story Fair Project - Students will be put into groups and will create a science fair project for an assigned short story. Each group will prepare and present their project on Friday.
Week of January 16th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Episode Four - Revisionist History Due
Class Discussion - Wired Magazine Short Story
Introduction to Symbol - "The Minister's Black Veil" - Due on Wednesday
Wednesday
Class Discussion - "The Minister's Black Veil"
Introduction to imagery - "The Open Boat"
Thursday
Read "The Open Boat" as a pdf and respond to the text on a google document.
Friday
Class discussion - "The Open Boat"
Week of January 9th
Monday
Unit 8 Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit 8 Vocabulary Test
"The Fall of the House of Usher" MUTT due - Class discussion
Wednesday
Episode Four - Revisionist History
Thursday
Workshop - Revisionist History - Due on Tuesday
Introduction to Science Fiction - "Wired Magazine" Short Story - MUTT due on Tuesday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 2nd
Monday
Review Grapes of Wrath essay
Review midterm
Introduction to Unit Four words - Due Monday
Tuesday
Midterm - Revisionist History
Wednesday
Midterm - Frankenstein and The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
The Grapes of Wrath Essay due Friday
Mood and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Week of December 19th
Monday - Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Finishing The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday
Classroom discussion - The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
Review for Midterm The Grapes of Wrath essay - Due January 4th
Week of December 12th
Monday
Class discussion - Chapters 20 - 21
Chapter 22 and handout due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading workshop and handout - Chapter 22
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 23 - 25 - Due Tomorrow
Thursday
Chapter 25 handout
Friday
Finishing the book - Due Wednesday
Week of December 5th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 15 - 19
Tuesday
Discussion Group - Chapters 15 - 19
Wednesday
Chapter 19 Handout
Thursday - Friday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 20 - 21 - Due Monday
Week of November 28th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Class Discussion - Chapters 11, 12 and 13
Wednesday
Chapter 14 and handout
Thursday - Friday
Chapters 15 - 19 Reading workshop - Due next Tuesday
Week of November 21st
Monday
Review Character Handout
Assign next reading chunk - Due Tuesday, November 29th - Chapters 11, 12 and 13
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 14th
Monday
Revisionist History - Episode Three Essay Due
Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Tuesday
Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday
Discussions/Review - Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
Read Chapter Nine - Chapter Nine Handout discussion/Review
Discussion of next reading chunk/due date
Week of November 7th
Monday
Revisionist History - Episode Three
Tuesday
Workshop Revisionist History essay
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath
Readings: About the Book, About the Author, Historical Context
Read Chapters one - four
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher conferences
Week of October 31st
Monday
Revisionist History Essay Due
Class review and discussion of irony and "War is Kind."
Introduce "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry - due Thursday.
Tuesday
Unit Three vocabulary due
Wednesday
Unit Three Vocabulary test
Thursday
Class review of "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 24th
Monday
Class review and discussion of The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme and the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Introduce the sonnet and "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Thursday.
Tuesday
Introduce Unit Three Vocabulary.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - the sonnet.
Thursday
Class review and discussion of the sonnet.
Introduce Irony and "War is Kind" - due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit
Week of October 17th
Monday
The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - Poetry of Langston Hughes - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Tuesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Due
Wednesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Test
Thursday
Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History
Friday
Workshop Revisionist History - Episode Two
Week of October 10th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Workshop Frankenstein Essay - Due on Wednesday
Wednesday
Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History
Thursday
Workshop Revisionist History Paper
Friday
Introduction to Unit Two Words
Week of October 3rd
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three - due on Tuesday.
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - Chapter twenty-four - due tomorrow.
Thursday
Discussion of chapter twenty- four and the novel as a whole.
Friday
Workshop Frankenstein essay.
Week of September 26th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen. Chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Thursday
Discussion of chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Chapters twenty-one and twenty-two due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 19th
Monday
Discussion of chapters seven and eight.
Chapters nine, ten and eleven due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters nine, ten and eleven.
Chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen due on Friday.
Thursday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Friday
Discussion of chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen.
Chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen due on Tuesday.
Week of September 12th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters two - four. Chapters five and six due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Thursday
Discussion of chapters five and six
Chapters seven and eight due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 6th
Monday No School
Tuesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned. Discuss.
Letters and Chapter One marginalia due on Friday.
Wednesday
Review vocabulary Unit One.
Thursday
Vocabulary test on unit one.
Friday
Discussion of Letters and Chapter One.
Chapters two, three and four due on Tuesday.
Week of August 29th
Monday Introduce reading discussion circles. Active reading, "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."
Tuesday Discussion Circle - "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."
Wednesday
Introduce Unit One Vocabulary - Due Next Wednesday
Introduce Nonfiction assignment - "Revisionist History"
Thursday
Episode One - "Revisionist History"
Friday
Workshop Nonfiction Paper
Week of August 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Welcome Back! Journal - What is literature and why do we study it? Review Syllabus Appropriate Use of Personal Devices Remind 101! AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poem Memorization Assignment The Four Coordinates of Art
Thursday
Journal Review The Four Coordinates of Art Reading of "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens Small Group Review Large Group Share
Monday
The Red Badge of Courage - final essay.
Tuesday
Fiction Final
Wednesday
Nonfiction Final
Thursday
Make up
Wrap up
Seniors Last Day
Friday
Awards and Fun Day
Week of May 8th
Monday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Reading Journal due by the end of the week
Week of May 1st
Monday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Week of April 24th
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Introduction to The Red Badge of Courage Project
Tuesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop The Red Badge of Courage Project
Week of April 17th
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday
Revisionist History - Episode Six
Thursday
Workshop Episode Six - Revisionist History
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 10th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop Essay - Of Mice and Men
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Seven vocabulary - Due April 24th
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of April 3rd
Monday - Tuesday
Finish Comic Strip - Act V
Essay Response - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday - Friday
Art of the film - Of Mice and Men
Week of March 27th
Monday - Thursday
Finish class reading A Midsummer Night's Dream
When we are finished, students will respond to an essay prompt.
Friday
PSSA Assembly
Week of March 20th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary due
Review A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Continue class reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Week of March 13th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary - Due Next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read play as a class.
At the end of each Act, students will be given a prompt for a two page essay.
Week of March 6th
Monday
Novel Argument Due
Unit Five Vocabulary Due and Review
Tuesday
Unit Five Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will listen to an episode of Revisionist History
Students will write a paper discussing the podcast
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 27th
Monday
Ten Page Draft - Novel Argument Due
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review/Final revision - Novel Argument - Due Monday
Week of February 20th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Workshop Novel Argument
Rough Draft due on Monday
Week of February 13th
Monday - Thursday
Workshop Novel Argument
First Five Pages due on Thursday
Friday
No School
Week of February 6th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Argument
Six sources and notes due on Wednesday
Introduction due on Friday
Week of January 30th
Monday
Presentation of Short Story Fair Project
Tuesday - Friday
Introduction to Novel Argument
Research for Novel Argument Paper
Week of January 23rd
Monday - Friday
Introduce Short Story Fair Project - Students will be put into groups and will create a science fair project for an assigned short story. Each group will prepare and present their project on Friday.
Week of January 16th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Episode Four - Revisionist History Due
Class Discussion - Wired Magazine Short Story
Introduction to Symbol - "The Minister's Black Veil" - Due on Wednesday
Wednesday
Class Discussion - "The Minister's Black Veil"
Introduction to imagery - "The Open Boat"
Thursday
Read "The Open Boat" as a pdf and respond to the text on a google document.
Friday
Class discussion - "The Open Boat"
Week of January 9th
Monday
Unit 8 Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit 8 Vocabulary Test
"The Fall of the House of Usher" MUTT due - Class discussion
Wednesday
Episode Four - Revisionist History
Thursday
Workshop - Revisionist History - Due on Tuesday
Introduction to Science Fiction - "Wired Magazine" Short Story - MUTT due on Tuesday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 2nd
Monday
Review Grapes of Wrath essay
Review midterm
Introduction to Unit Four words - Due Monday
Tuesday
Midterm - Revisionist History
Wednesday
Midterm - Frankenstein and The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
The Grapes of Wrath Essay due Friday
Mood and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Week of December 19th
Monday - Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Finishing The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday
Classroom discussion - The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
Review for Midterm
The Grapes of Wrath essay - Due January 4th
Week of December 12th
Monday
Class discussion - Chapters 20 - 21
Chapter 22 and handout due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading workshop and handout - Chapter 22
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 23 - 25 - Due Tomorrow
Thursday
Chapter 25 handout
Friday
Finishing the book - Due Wednesday
Week of December 5th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 15 - 19
Tuesday
Discussion Group - Chapters 15 - 19
Wednesday
Chapter 19 Handout
Thursday - Friday
Reading Workshop - Chapters 20 - 21 - Due Monday
Week of November 28th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Class Discussion - Chapters 11, 12 and 13
Wednesday
Chapter 14 and handout
Thursday - Friday
Chapters 15 - 19 Reading workshop - Due next Tuesday
Week of November 21st
Monday
Review Character Handout
Assign next reading chunk - Due Tuesday, November 29th - Chapters 11, 12 and 13
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 14th
Monday
Revisionist History - Episode Three Essay Due
Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Tuesday
Workshop Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday
Discussions/Review - Chapters 2 - 8 - The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday - Friday
Read Chapter Nine - Chapter Nine Handout discussion/Review
Discussion of next reading chunk/due date
Week of November 7th
Monday
Revisionist History - Episode Three
Tuesday
Workshop Revisionist History essay
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath
Readings: About the Book, About the Author, Historical Context
Read Chapters one - four
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher conferences
Week of October 31st
Monday
Revisionist History Essay Due
Class review and discussion of irony and "War is Kind."
Introduce "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry - due Thursday.
Tuesday
Unit Three vocabulary due
Wednesday
Unit Three Vocabulary test
Thursday
Class review of "Richard Cory" and narrative poetry.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 24th
Monday
Class review and discussion of The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme and the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Introduce the sonnet and "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Thursday.
Tuesday
Introduce Unit Three Vocabulary.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - the sonnet.
Thursday
Class review and discussion of the sonnet.
Introduce Irony and "War is Kind" - due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit
Week of October 17th
Monday
The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - Poetry of Langston Hughes - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Tuesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Due
Wednesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Test
Thursday
Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History
Friday
Workshop Revisionist History - Episode Two
Week of October 10th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Workshop Frankenstein Essay - Due on Wednesday
Wednesday
Nonfiction Project - Episode Two - Revisionist History
Thursday
Workshop Revisionist History Paper
Friday
Introduction to Unit Two Words
Week of October 3rd
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three - due on Tuesday.
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - Chapter twenty-four - due tomorrow.
Thursday
Discussion of chapter twenty- four and the novel as a whole.
Friday
Workshop Frankenstein essay.
Week of September 26th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen.
Chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Thursday
Discussion of chapters eighteen, nineteen and twenty.
Chapters twenty-one and twenty-two due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 19th
Monday
Discussion of chapters seven and eight.
Chapters nine, ten and eleven due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Wednesday
Discussion of chapters nine, ten and eleven.
Chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen due on Friday.
Thursday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Friday
Discussion of chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen.
Chapters fifteen, sixteen and seventeen due on Tuesday.
Week of September 12th
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Tuesday
Discussion of chapters two - four.
Chapters five and six due on Thursday.
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein
Thursday
Discussion of chapters five and six
Chapters seven and eight due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein.
Week of September 6th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned. Discuss.
Letters and Chapter One marginalia due on Friday.
Wednesday
Review vocabulary Unit One.
Thursday
Vocabulary test on unit one.
Friday
Discussion of Letters and Chapter One.
Chapters two, three and four due on Tuesday.
Week of August 29th
Monday
Introduce reading discussion circles.
Active reading, "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."
Tuesday
Discussion Circle - "Speech at the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."
Wednesday
Introduce Unit One Vocabulary - Due Next Wednesday
Introduce Nonfiction assignment - "Revisionist History"
Thursday
Episode One - "Revisionist History"
Friday
Workshop Nonfiction Paper
Week of August 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Welcome Back!
Journal - What is literature and why do we study it?
Review Syllabus
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind 101!
AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper
Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poem Memorization Assignment
The Four Coordinates of Art
Thursday
Journal
Review The Four Coordinates of Art
Reading of "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens
Small Group Review
Large Group Share
Friday
AR Book approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading